Jason Helopoulos

When Moses has died and has ceased to be in the land with the people before actually they entered the land, Joshua is commissioned by God.

And there in Joshua 1, the Lord tells him, you are to meditate upon the law day and night.

Every day and every night he commissions Joshua to do this.

We continue through the scriptures.

We all know the story of Daniel, how Daniel was willing to give his life to spend time in prayer with the Lord and be willing to be persecuted for such.

We observe it in the Psalms.

Throughout the Psalms, there is this constant refrain of thinking upon the Lord, even through the watches of the night and meditating upon his word, finding it sweeter than honey, going to him in prayer.

Just an example, let me give you here from Psalm 63.

David, who is often the writer of our Psalms, says this in verses 5 through 8.

He says, My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food.

My mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

When I remember you upon my bed and meditate on you in the watches of the night.

For you've been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

My soul clings to you, your right hand upholds me.

We could turn to various passages like that in the Old Testament.

It's not just in the Old Testament, is it?

When we get to the New Testament, we find a man by the name of Cornelius.

They're in Acts, who we're told is a God-fearing man.

And he is praying constantly to God, and it's in one of those prayer times.

that the Lord reveals himself to Cornelius.